Developmental Rattling?

[The Bamboozler]

Since there are a few threads about being nervous and dealing with pressure, I have a question. Do you think one event in a pool players development can affect his/her entire career? I'm talking about maybe being taken for some money or ridiculed by better players during the learning stages. It seems that some pool players may hold on to this "rattling" and never recover. Anyone experience this?

 

[Jaden]

absolutely.

Yes, it can have a dramatic effect. When a player is first learning they develop the mental aspects of the game they will have for a long time. If they get a mental hangup early in their develop it can hang around a long time. I had such a problem myself that took years to get over, and I'm not sure I am completely over it to this day.